Photos

27 photos found. Showing results 241 to 27.

Books

158 books found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Memories

3,708 memories found. Showing results 121 to 130.

Visiting My Grandmother In Newton

Every school holiday from 1959 onwards, my brothers Tony, Brian, and later my sister Karen and I stayed with my grandmother Sarah Stones & Harold Stones. Gran owned the Stones greengrocers shop in High ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows by beverleybettyboo

Long Time Ago.

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

Edenhurst Preparatory School

Does anybody remember Edenhurst Preparatory School in Crowther Road? It was a private infants and primary school and I, Paul Evans, was there from the age of about 5 to 8 years. This was back in the early 1950s. ...Read more

A memory of Tettenhall by paulevbel2

Childhood In Elmsleigh Road

I lived at number 42 Elmsleigh Road from 1947 until about 1963.My pals and I played in the street in safety as there were few cars. We played "tin can tommy" and "cannon" otherwise we were on Wandsworth Common climbing ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by notreavenir

Margaret Beavan

My late wife Sandra stayed at the home, with her sister Carol, for 6 weeks in the summer of 1957. Sandra was just turned 11 and Carol 9 and a half. About 20 years ago Sandra and I went back to Heswall and, as others have commented, ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Bill Watson

Mallinder Family

My father Frank Mallinder was born in the family home on the 1/02/1915 at 45 Queen street Eckington. His father was Willliam born 1876 Wath upon Dearne his mother was Harriet born 1881 Mossborough. There where 9 children and 2 ...Read more

A memory of Eckington by Stuart Mallinder

Elm Cottage

My family used to stay at Elm Cottage on Trewoon Road in Mullion for many of our summer holidays during the 1970's. The cottage belonged to a Mrs Kent, known to us affectionately as Aunty Ellie, who at that time lived in Caerleon in Wales ...Read more

A memory of Mullion

The Old Thatch

Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by Brian Rivas

Great Grandfather

It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web.  Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire.  Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Peter Waylen

The Hersham Flood – September 1968

During the 60s I lived in Surbiton and worked in Hersham. As I was getting ready to leave for work one morning in 1968, a radio broadcast warned of severe flooding along the Mole valley following heavy rains, and ...Read more

A memory of Hersham by Tony Newman

Captions

5,112 captions found. Showing results 289 to 312.

Caption For St Neots, The Boatyard C1960

St Neots and Eaton Socon, and wounded soldiers were often in evidence around the town.

Caption For Wisbech, Market Place 1901

Many retailers with shops elsewhere in the town would also have a stall on market day.

Caption For Manningtree, High Street C1955

This is a quiet town on the south bank of the River Stour, at the point where it begins to widen into the estuary.

Caption For Hailsham, Old Thatched Cottage , Hempstead Lane C1960

The last two views in Hailsham itself are of a timber-framed cottage on Hempstead Lane, once in the countryside but now firmly within the town's 20th-century expansion - this sweeps past the lane

Caption For Wells Next The Sea, East End 1929

The east end part of the quay faces northwards with views across the flat marshes to the sea beyond.

Caption For Dudley, The Sculpture Frieze, Birdcage Walk C1965

The regeneration of the south side of Dudley town centre began in 1962.

Caption For Rhyl, The Parade 1900

The two-mile-long parade overlooks the sandy beach; at the west end an extensive area was laid out as winter gardens.

Caption For Exmouth, The Clock Tower 1898

Today it is the centrepiece of the town's Flagpole Memorial, opened in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

Caption For Cromer, The Pier C1950

This small esplanade at East Beach leads from the pier and passes the gangway where the fishermen launch and land their boats.

Caption For Petworth, Lombard Street 1906

Lombard Street is one of the least changed streets in this delightful market town, a tangle of narrow lanes and alleys winding to the east of the towering walls of Petworth House's grounds.

Caption For Egham, High Street C1950

Egham is not the most inspiring of Surrey towns.

Caption For Uppingham, Stockerston Road C1955

Looking west away from the town centre, with West Bank, a school boarding house on the left and opposite houses built around 1900 (a date on the nearest house is 1901).

Caption For Luton, George Street 1897

The ornate stone monument in the foreground - known locally as The Pepperpot - is the Ames Memorial, dedicated to magistrate and landowner, Lt Col Lionel Ames.

Caption For Belfast, Ann Street 1897

It was a ford which fixed the site of Belfast, but not long after the town was begun, a bridge crossed the river.

Caption For Bridport, East Bridge 1897

East Bridge, at the eastern end of East Street (left), was built by J and T Gale in 1784 and has been widened.

Caption For Lyme Regis, The Harbour 1892

Lyme Regis harbour, or the Cobb, was once a seafaring settlement separate from the old town.

Caption For Braintree, Bocking End C1955

The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town.

Caption For Walmer, The Strand 1924

The Walmer Stores in the centre of this photo has its blinds down.

Caption For Swanage, The High Street 1904

Virginia Cottage is on the left, and the shop of shoemaker Fred Cox who was succeeded by Frank Cox.

Caption For Guisborough, Westgate C1955

This is the bottom or western end of Westgate.

Caption For Bridport, East Street 1897

This view shows the western end of East Street, with a closer look at the Town Hall clock-tower and cupola, and Colmer`s Hill forming the conical eminence in the distance (centre).

Caption For Staines, High Street 1895

Staines was very much an agricultural area when this photograph was taken towards the end of Queen Victoria's reign; the shop fronts tell us a great deal about the commercial aspects of

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street C1955

Photographed before its conversion to a one-way system, the High Street appears a quiet market town thoroughfare.

Caption For Aldeburgh, Church Hill 1903

HOW pleasing to end this visual and historical journey at Aldeburgh.